An Implicit Religious Reflex to Mechanism and a Holistic Alternative: Social Theory as a Case in Point
This article looks at how medieval Christian politics and modes of thought have led to a an implicitly religious reflex toward mechanism in social theory. Social theoretical activity of the past 75 years has criticized conceptions of modernity, science, objectivity, and reason as artifacts of Europe...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2015]
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Implicit religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-62 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Mechanism (Philosophy)
/ Sociological theory
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Further subjects: | B
Medieval
B Social Sciences B Holism B SCHOLASTICISM (Theology) B Religion B Christianity B theory of knowledge B Mechanism B Social Theory |
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